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Lejeuneaceae

Jungermanniopsida - Porellales - Lejeuneaceae

Taxonomy
Lejeuneaceae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Porellales by Wang et al. (2021) and Bouju et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Lejeuneaceae Wang et al.
2022Lejeuneaceae Bouju et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
subphylumMarchantiophytina
classJungermanniopsida
RankNameAuthor
orderPorellalesSchljakov 1972
familyLejeuneaceae
familyLejeuneaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Cololejeunea Spruce 1884
G. Lejeunea Libert 1820
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Lejeunea abyssinicoides Bouju et al. 2022
G. Leptolejeunea Spruce 1884
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G. Spruceanthus Verdoorn 1934
G. Thysananthus Lindenberg 1844
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Thysananthus aethiopicus Bouju et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ethiopia Thysananthus aethiopicus (227286) Thysananthus aethiopicus, Lejeunea abyssinicoides (224753)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Cololejeunea sp., Leptolejeunea sp., Spruceanthus sp. (220273)